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re pees [ @ & statement. He probably will be . Day, as Wayfarer; Mrs. Minnie Mc Man Accused of Knocking} Him Down Is Held; Skull Broken in Fall ones is alleged to have struck St Croix in a drunken row, after the two had come out of a softdrink near Maynard ave. and Weller crossed the street, and went over to talk to him. Jones ts said to have suddenly lashed out with his fist “and caught St. Croix on the point @f the jaw, knocking him out Bt. Croix fell heavily, his head striking the raised curbstone. Jones then attempted to flee, according to Patrolman William J. Sears, who captured him and brought him to Jail. Jones has since maintained abso- lute silence, and refused to speak either to answer questions or make charged with manslaughter. HERE’S MORE ABOUT SHUT-INS STARTS ON PAGE ONE Fa} HH Teaesee fit “ Hj 31 tall The principal speaking parts will be taken this evening by Robert Dowell Klingberg, Understanding, Mrs. Lois Beil Sandall, as the angel; John I. Negiey, shepherd, and T. FE. Kastland, wise man. Henry 0. Price will continue in the part of the Prophet, singing “Comfort Ye My Peopie,” “Every Valley” and “Ho, Everyone That Thirsteth.” The custom of the audience sing- ing “Onward Christian Soldief” as | the march of nations proceéds, start. | ed last evening, will be continued. Miss Julia Elmendorf, who’ played Understanding last evenjng, gave a wonderful interpretation of her lines. | Miss Elmendort’s voice carries easily | to any part of the vast stadium and | her graceful depicting of the char./ acter was one of the outstanding features of the performance. Rev. Cleveland Kieihauer, pastor of the University Christian church, who played Wayfarer for the first | time last evening, “missed his call-| ing,” as someone in the audience put it. He should have been an ac- tor. ‘Klelhauer apparently lived the | part. It was not acting for him, it| ‘wag made a part of his life. As a result that vast crowd of The inflection of his voice, his gestures, his every movement, told of his earnestness and his ambition to make this acting something more than mere stage playing. Every fiber of his body, every thought of his mind and soul seemed to be concentrated in sending the powerful message out to the farthest person in the audience. With practically all of the church congregations of Seattle joining in the singing of hymns, the perform ance Tuesday night reached heights of emotional fervor never before equaled in the history of the produc tion. AUDIENCE SINGS CLASSIC HYMN The classic hymn, “In the Cross of | Christ I Glory,” was sung first by | the great concourse that filled the | stadium, and then repeated by the | Various congregations present, More than 2,700 people took part in the march of the nations, the greatest number ever used in this Stirring scene. The total number of pants in the play Tuesday was cd wag the beat night of the sigan. | v4 Pty i ve a fy this morning. and got results, . jtlc pageant so far this week [be making HERE’S MORE ABOUT ARMSTRONG STARTS ON PAGE ONE I had a black nat on the end and a brown hackle and royal coachman above. They went for all three of them. I tried Tyee salmon eggs in a hole We're going to stay here for a whila We've traveled 313.7 miles since we left Seattle four days 0. When you can have wild blackber- ries and trout for breakfast why waste gas going elsewhere? Such berries! Such hard, sweet trout! Come here, if you can stand the ruts, and, believe me, they are RUTS. We blasphemed the Sno homish county commiasioners all the way for allowing a road to get like that. But Paradise, such as this, is worth the effort. eee Theres a cabin in the clearing) here, built of cedar shakes, and long) deserted. There pinned on the door. it. It reads: “Dear—I came and stayed a little while, and as you were sleeping (also the boydoll) I would not disturb you, “I wanted to see you and tell ye just hold fast the Truth consciousness that nothing (no error) can hinder the oper ation of Truth, “That God, Love, rules and governs all in perfect peace and comfort and harmony—that any other seeming condition is a lie about God and His idea, “Do not try to ‘treat’ the baby, for this will often result in con- fusion if another is treating him, You understand, dear, no two have Just the same measure of understanding of truth and would have different ways of ote, was & message My wife found stand. Just keep calm and keep fear out of your mind and hold fast the Truth that God bs Love, and God is All. “How wonderful.” said my wife, “that Christian Science has pene trated even here. What beautiful thought.” “And what a queer place for a baby.” I added, “I wonder where they've gone?* DROWNS TRYING TO SAVE GIRL Drowning In Echo Tgke Tuesday night when he wer: to the rescue . of his niece, Iris Kerr, 11. Elmer E. Morris, 48, was brought ashore short ly after the accident and given first aid measures which falled to save his Ufe. The girl was saved. Morris, whose home is near Rich- mond Highlands, had gone to the lake with his daughter, Mrs. Hazel Anderson, of Vancouver, B. C, and Iris to enjoy an outing. The litte girl went in bathing, stepped from a steep bank and went in over her head. Unable to swim, she screamed | for help. Morris leaped into the water, fully dlothed, and plunged off the same ledge as the girl. He sank immedi- ately. Meanghile the girl was saved by an unidentified man who pushed | off from shore on a‘log raft and setzed her ag she sank. Morris’ body did not reappear after he had sunk for the first time. His body was recovered with the ald of grappling hooks. Doctors said Morris’ death prob ably was due to heart failure. JAPAN TO TALK PACIFIC PLANS BY A. L. BRADFORD WASHINGTON, July 27.—Japan has accepted the American proposal for a discussion of Pacific and Far Eastern problems in the Washing: ton disarmament conference, it was learned authoritatively today. ‘The Japanese reply to President Harding's invitation, however, is un- derstood to contain important quali- fications, ‘The reply, handed to Edward Rell, charge of the American embassy in Tokyo, last night, was received by the state department today. “The Meseage is lengthy and will not be made public for some time, it was stated. ‘TWO KILLED IN PLANT BLOWUP! MARTINEZ, Cal, July 27. men were killed and three injured at 9 a, m. today, when a still at the Shell Oil Co.'s refinery exploded. The explosion occurred in what Is known as a “Grumbell” still, in which the crude oi] is refined ‘and the gasoline secured as the product. FAMILY OF FIVE KILLED IN AUTO CLEVELAND, July 27.—An en- tire family was wiped out when five persons were killed and another ~Two mortally injured in an automobile | aceident today. The accident occurred when the automobile going west collided with an eastbound car which was being operated on the westbound track. Mont gomery Lynch, producer, seems to the production run smoother and smoother as the week progresses, altho those who saw it the preceding evenings declared therefwas.no improvement desired The army of 100 becoming more profi ing in moving the enormous stage settings and the waits between epl sodes are growing remarkably. short. As Miss Akin, the dramatic leader, remarked: ‘The stage men seem to have caught the spirit of the pageant itself and are bending every effort to make it a wonderful success from every viewpoint.” HERE’S MORE ABOUT RUSSIA STARTS ON PAGE ONE live—any other way, Marriages are performed legally There are more orthodox church marriages than ever before, Mar }riage is On a higher moral plane. DIVORCE MADE EA! MARRIAGES INCREASE Divorce is easy, a divorce they go before the city clerk and he witnesses their divorce agreement. You just “sign up” that you are divorced, Nobody butts tm and asks your reasons for getting divorced. If Jelther one—husband or wife—doeant consent to the divorcee, he or she his |to give good reasona, Then there is an “adjustment.” You may think this all sounds funny, But the fact ts church mar riages have increased, and divorces have decreased, they are based on love and nop on economic reasons, | The soviet marriage ceremony 1s a there signing of an agreement. Formerly brides were given 26 yards of cloth, but it was found that too many peeple were getting married just to get typ cloth! Now the only economic lure ts that married persons get more space for Uving quarters, The reason more get married under the orthotox, church ceremony is that they fear, if something happens to the govern: ment, soviet records may be de stroyed. There ia less likelihood of church records being lost or de- stroyed and thus casting future doubt upon the legality of marriage. ABSENCE OF CRIME IN BIG CITIES I was astonished at the absence of crime in big cites such as Mos cow and Petrograd, I was in Mos cow for months and I often walked Abru the etreets at night and after midnight. I was never held up. And I never heard of a hold-up. ‘There 9 no money worth stealing, But a bandit would have clothes to steal off his victim's back. Or food to steal out of a house. A thief, caught im the act, {s shot —without trial, No matter whether he #teals a potato or a whole truck- | toad. Crime has not always been #0 rare a9 thin, Alexander Berkman, soon after his departure from America, was held up in the streets of Kiev and his clothes were stolen from him. The thieves left him in his underwear. Sewed in the lining of his trousers, Berkman told me, was $1,000 in American money. Prob ably the thief doesn't know it to this day! I sam Emma Goldman, too. She, Uke Berkman, t# having rather a hard time of it, because their creed is anarchism. The soviet trustlike | system of centralization doesn't jibe with anarchism, PLENTY OF GRAFTING EXISTS, HOWEVER When I say vice and crime are minimized, I don't mean sovietiem bas cured such evil, I'm not a bolshevik sympathizer. [ mw plenty of grafting. I know that it exists. But there is no open wholesale loot- jing by those in power. They have jto be cleverer than that For a thief or @ grafter is shot—usually without trial, Yes, there ts a lot of shooting! Life under the deadly monotony [of a no-work-noeat mystem seemed |rather drab to me. I could plattfly |see people were not happy. But there is a certain gaiety, Theatres and operas are open, and well at- tended. Everything has been systematized, centralized, etandardized. But things like fashions and styles survive. I ‘Saw some surprising styles In wom- en's dress, They have to produce everything themselves—nothing comes from outside Russia. Styles arg rather topay-turvy, because everything is rationed—like “issue” equipment at an army quartermaster’s depot. Silk stockings are worn—by some. A supply depot gets a bit of finery from the central warehouse—and the first girl that comes in with her clothing ration card grabs the finery! It may be a peasant or a proud daughter of the former arts. | tocracy. silk stockings and the latter the cot- ton stockings, SABBATH “HOLIDAY” FOR PUBLIC WORK Cloth is issued by the commissary depots. If you know how, you can make your own clothes. Or you! can “hire” somebody else to do it in ex change for certain articles of food is applied to the sort of extra work is for the public good and im b.vves health, and for which no ad. ditional rations are given day week prevail in Russia. Satur day and Sunday are holidays. By- ery week-end each person “volun: teers"—it is a sort of “voluntary” act by moral compulsion—to partici- pate in Subbotinik, They start out in parades, with a | band, and make a pienic out of four | hours or so of intensive community work on road-making, fuel gather. great lack of fuel. hig scarcity was not #0 severe last winter, large- ly because of community Subbotinik. I found no hostility toward Amer- icans among officials or plain peo ple. people of soviet Russia would rather trade with Ameriea than anybody else. They have friendliness and animosity for Germany. (Copyright, » by Enterprise) (Dr, Wovsehin story how all Re |im calories Instea: M1 tell you in his ext in works—and is paid of cash.) 7 2 Army Men Killed in Airplane Crash COBLENZ, July 27,— Lieutenant Carl Gunther and Corporal L. O. Rogers of the American army of oc cupation were killed near here today when their airplane crashed. Gunther's home was at Frankfort, Ind., and Rogers lived in Hillsboro, Texas, If a couple want! Marriages have increased Oy | ‘The former may get the | or clothing—which you must do| without yourself. A unique institdtion In soviet Russia is “Subbotinik.” The word means Sabbath “holiday.” The word | The eight-hour day and the five | ing, street cleaning or improving | sanitary conditions, In Petrograd two winters ago thourands froze to death. People went to bed in their clothes, Pneu monia was terrible. There was a My observation was that the | admiration for America, hatred for | England, contempt for France, and | GOVERNOR WILL _ YIELD TO LAW indicted Executive Wilf Surrender BY LAWRENCE M, BENEDICT CHICAGO, July 27.--Governor Len Small, indicted executive of Llinois, bowed meekly to the law today | ‘The governor, who had repeatedly |declared he would call out state |troops before he would submit to arrest on charges of embexziement of large sums of state money, noti- fied Sheriff Henry Mester of Sanga mon county he was ready to sur render, Immediatety after “Iron Judge” |Smith of the circuit court declared “Illinois bas no king,” and held the |governor amenable to arrest, Small went to Chicago, After a conference with political leaders and Albert Fink, at present his chief attorney, a message was sent by Fink to Mester advising the sheriff that Small would submit to | arrest in Chicago today at the attor. ney's office. Mester replied that he would not go to Chicago to serve the warrant, | but would permit the governor to appear at his convenience in Sanga mon and give bond. The complete backdown of the gov ernor from his stand to “resist ar rest” with his “entire strength” came as @ result of a change in his legal advisers. FIGHT OF KLANS LOOMS IN TEXAS DALLAS, Tex. July 27.—A war of the Klans threatened Texas, today, At Beaumont, a letter addrensed “Ku Klux Klan,” and signed “Antt. Ku Klux Klan,” was sent to a news paper. It served notice that 100 men had orgunized themselves to “shoot down like mad dogy” men found to be members of the “Klan.” The let ter closed with the warning that “there will be many widows in South east Texas if the gang is not disband. ed upon reading thin notice.” At Texarkana, last night, masked men entered a dancing pavilion, kid naped Gordon Harrison, negro or. chestra leader, and'whipped him, he told police, The abductors warned him to be careful of his relations with white people, he asserted, 900 DRUGGISTS IN CONVENTION More than 500 pharmacists from | all parts of the state are attending | the three-day conclave of the Wash. | ington Pharmaceutical asmoclation, which began here Tuesday, Wednesday will see the business | seanions concluded, A full program of addresses discussions was scheduled for day. The pharmacists were welcomed to Seattle Tuesday by Councilman John gE. yan speaking for Mayor Cald- wel Bids Are Requested on School Building Bids for alterations, and construc- tion of an addition to the F. A. Mc. Donald school, 1. 45th st. and La tona ave., will be received by the school beard until August 11. Th addition is'to be a three-story, 12 room, concrete structure. It is esti. mated that the work will cowt in the neighborhood of $166,000, WARNS RUSSIA EDUCATOR DIES HEROIC DEATH ing to Save Wife BANYY, Alta, July of the Canadian Rockies claimed the life of Dr. W. E. president of Purdue university and one of the country's leading edu cators, The lure | today Stone, The body of Dr, Stone was found jammed between two sharp jutting» of rock at the base of Mount Aenon. Ho had fallen into the crevice while | attempting to rescue his wife. Mra. Stone was found seriously injured, lying at the foot of the crevice, Mra. Stone was rushed to an emer: gency hospital at Camp Assiniboine | and a corps of doctors and nurses, sent from here, ministered to her, Physicians said she may recover. | The body of Dr. Stone was found | Sumday, It took nearly an entire! day to remove it from the crevice and guides from Assiniboine camp did not return here with the news until late last night. The brief word reaching here from the guides, was a message telling of heroism and tragedy, Mrs, Stone lost her footing on the steep slope of Mount Aenon and fell into the crevice. Her husband at-) tempted to pull her to the surface | with @ rope. He did not have! strength enough to carry out this purpose and lowered himself to her aide. Gathering his wife in his arms, Stone attempted to climb back. He lost his footing and fa back tnto an even deeper crevice. Death was) belleved to have been instantaneous, | #0 great waa the fall Mrs, Stone tumbled back Into the shallower crevice, where she wans| forced to le until rescuing parties | found her Sunday, NEW LIBRARY OPENS TONIGHT The new Fremont branch of the Seattle public library at 731 North 26th atreet, will be formally opened to the public at § o'clock tonight. The exercises hav® been arranged by the Fremont Business Men's as sociation and John W. Efaw, presi dent of the library board, will pre- side. The building was planned by Dan fel R. Huntington, Seattle architect | and cost $35,000, This amount was donated by Andrew Carnegie. The site cont $3,000 and was paid for by the city, Seattlo now has eight branch t- braries in permanent buildings; an- other te housed in the old city hall at Georgetown. OF PRISONERS ‘WASHINGTON, July 27. — The United States government has sent & communication to the soviet gov- ernment regarding the holding tn prison of several Americans in Rus) ela, it was announced today. The communication, which was from Secretary Hughes, ts @ state ment of the policy of the American government on the question of the imprisonment of Americans and the furnishing of relief to famine strick en Russia much along the lines of Secretary Hoover's recent telegram to Maxim Gorky. } Lingerie Guaranteed | | of brighter colors. 250 Pieces GAIN BASEME | How’s this for bargain news? Fine White Lingerie Blouses, trimmed with hemstitching and embroidered dots, come in three different styles—all with long sleeves and turn-back cuffs. Sizes 36 to 44—but not in every style. New Sport Skirts | In Plaids and Stripes | $4. | Both plain and plaited models in browns, greens, purples, grays, tans and blues, with narrow stripings | And there are sizes to 87 waist —but not in every style or color. Undermuslins §9c.Each . Bloomers, Gowns and Chemises in white or flesh muslin and crepe. Nigely cut and finished, Made from materials of very good quality. The values are truly surprising! RCHE NT] Blouses Hand-Made 89 59 of Sample ——y TheBonMarché MEMBER SEATTLE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU New Versions of the Fabric Vogue in Hats at 5.00 DUVETYN, GEORGETTE, MOIRE AND TAFFETA HATS who is now in New York, this group of 5.00 Hats sents the latest whims of early Fall millinery, as they are all made of Cee by our buyer, in rich brown and blue shades. In straight sailor, chin chin, off-the-face and poke effects. Trimmed with wooden beads, ribbon cockades, quilted crowns, colored facings) THIRD FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE ——= t For Apron Thursday New Unbleached Muslin Aprons 1.50 - Slip-over style, with collar, cuffs and pockets trimmed with Oriental crepes in pink, blue, tangerine and peach, and bound in black. This apron has pretty sash ties. GINGHAM SUNBONNETS Sunbonnets of plain or checked gingham in becoming light colors, and finished with 85 c elastic at the back Seattle-Made Companions From the Baby Shor Polly Pinafore and Sunbonnet Sue Polly Pinafores are a group of the sweetest-looking little Pinafores that seen for a long, long time. Just made for little girls of 2, 3 or 6 to play in these sunny afternoons. Black sateens, flowered lawns, lace trimmed, and Oriental crepes in bright colors. se : Trimmed with appliques of flowers or animals, or in simple untrimmed styles. bonnets with big poke brims in white pique or col- it organdie Prreer reer errr eres Sunbonnet Sues are becoming ored crepe or black sateen. Some are hand embroidered and frilled with —35¢ to 1.25. ‘New Fashions in BATHING SUITS 4.95 to 10.00 IBER stripes of rainbow colors are inserted in the body of some of the newest swimming suit models to give dis- tinction. 3 Other models are stitched and embroidered in yarn and dis- ~ play a narrow black patent leather belt. : ‘ 3 ‘And of course there is always the conservative suit, in plain color with breast and skirt stripings of other colors. In a wide range of colors and sizes in worsted models, SECOND FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE “1847” Rogers Bros. Silverware Queen Anne Pattern Half Price We are discontinuing the Queen Anne pattern in 1847 Rogers Bros. Sil- verware, warranted for 50 years. EVERY PIECE HALF PRICE. 4.00 Tea Spoons, set of six, reduced to 2.00. 7.50 Dessert Spoons, set of six, re- duced to 3.75. 8.00 Table Spoons, set of six, reduced :: to — 2.50 Dinner Knives, set of eh, “duced to 6.25, Sth. Be 8.00 Dinner Forks, set of six, reduced to 4.00, 8.50 Berry Spoons reduced to 1.75. Food Shop Savings Fresh Bread 1 2 Cc Large Loaves Scones, hot from our‘ electric oven, buttered and [ filled with preserves 7 oi Puff-Pastry Strawberry Turnovers, 5¢ Coffee Cakes, special, a dozen, 50¢ We're demonstrating our Raised Cake, Try it—you'll want a whole loaf— 30¢ and 60¢ Chicken Pie Lunch i at the Lunch Counter 35¢. ty FOOD SHOPS—UPPER MAIN FLOOR SPECIALS For the Autoist or Méchanic—No-water Soap, large cans, 23¢. Lo-Ju—specially priced during dem- 2:75 Gravy Ladles reduced to 1.38. Sasteation. —and many other items are included Another lot of Flour Sacks at 60¢ in this reduction, a dozen. UNION STREET BASEMENT GROCERY COUNTER—UPPER MAIN FLOOR

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